Multiple blog users can manage all the accounts now from the dashboard, and next to the “create post” widget, “a dropdown menu allows users to choose between publishing immediately, preview, adding to queue and saving as draft.”

Before uploading a video, users can now play the clip in the dashboard. The company is aiming to make the Dashboard “a smaller and more streamlined experience.”

Writers need to find publications that cover subjects they’re interested in and pitch accordingly. Freelancers should be curious about every topic, however.

“If your goal is to make a living through freelance writing and you’re doing a lot of marketing, it’s a certainty that one day you’ll be presented with an assignment on a topic you don’t love
. If you can become interested in that idea, then yes — you’re earning a living writing only about what you’re interested in.”

They can research editorial calendars and plan out stories, start personal blogs or websites, produce a marketing plan and set sales goals, or sign up for online courses to expand their expertise. Writers should look at new markets, go to informational interviews with other writers, and do work for online markets.